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WHERE TO GO 

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This booklet is for the information of citizens and visi- 
tors. It invites a better acquaintance with municipal insti- 
tutions and activities. The information herein is supplied 
by heads of the institutions. Encouragement to know St. 
Louis better is officially extended. The welcome is offered in 
explicit and emphatic terms by those authorized to give it. 

Five routes of varying length for seeing St. Louis are 
mapped. They cover the several sections of the city. They 
include the public places of interest. 

Parks and playgrounds are classified for the convenience 
of the visitors with definite purpose. The directory of recrea- 
tion centers and facilities which the municipality offers !S 
complete. It tells how these centers are reached — how the 
facilities may be used. 

City planning will proceed more intelligently and effec- 
tively when the city's assets are better known and appre- 
ciated. 

C. P. WALBRIDGE, Chairman, 
J. H. GUNDLACH, 
SAM LAZARUS, 
ANDREW GAZZOLO, JR., 
E. R. KINSEY, 
C. M. TALBERT, 
DWIGHT F. DAVIS, 
JAMES N. McKELVEY, 
THOS. P. BARNETT, 
HUGO A. KOEHLER, 
COLIN M. SELPH, 
CHARLES A. STIX, 
JAMES C. TRAVILLA, 
HARRY B. WALLACE. 

WALTER B. STEVENS, Secretary. 
March, 1914. 




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THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 

A large electric sign containing the word "Welcome'' 
extends above the Market Street entrance to the City Hall. 
It is emblematic of the reception that the municipality ex- 
tends to strangers. The sign was erected during the cen- 
tennial celebration of St. Louis as an incorporated city In 
1909. It means that strangers in the city as well as citizens 
are welcome, and that each official is anxious to extend every 
possible courtesy. 

From October 1 to the following April 1, the offices in 
the building are open from 9:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m. From 
the first of April to the first of the following October, ail 
offices are open from 8 o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock 
In the afternoon. All citizens or visitors desiring informa- 
tion may obtain it in any of the departments. 

The suite of offices occupied by the Mayor are on the 
second floor above the sign "Welcome," and extend to the 
Twelfth Street side of the building. 

Under the provisions of the charter, the Mayor has 
general supervision over enforcement of the charter and 
ordinances in the city. He also is under oath to enforce all 
laws of the State. Because of the provisions of the ordi- 
nances, the Mayor is the sole power, under whose direction 
special permits, not especially provided for through other 
departments, can be issued. Permits to parade, permits for 
automobiles to stand for hire in the streets, permits for 
necessary toolsheds and shelter houses in the construction 
of buildings, for pyrotechnic displays, etc., are issued under 
his direction. 

His office is the clearing house or court of last resort for 
all complaints filed in other departments. It requires his 
sanction before a prisoner can be released from the work- 
house; his sanction is also necessary before a foundling can 
be admitted to one of the three institutions caring for 
abandoned babies, under the direction of the city. Naturally 
his office force is extremely cautious before granting these 
privileges. The Mayor also is ex-officio a member of about 
twenty department boards. 



Not only is the Mayor the head of the municipal ad- 
ministration, but he is the father-advisor of thousands of 
poor citizens wlio have been unable to secure friendly sym- 
pathy at any other place. Ejected tenants, fatherless 
children, vv^idows and strangers in the city come to him 
every day for advice. While material assistance is not al- 
ways granted, the policy of the administration is to give 
proper encouragement in all cases. 

These represent but a few of the minor problems under 
the direction of the Mayor. Practically every citizen knows 
in a general way the larger problems with which the Mayor 
has to deal. 

THOMAS H. ROGERS, 

Secretary to the Mayor. 

MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS WORTH SEEING. 

Municipal Group on south side of Market Street from 
Twelfth Street to Fourteenth Street, consisting of: 
City Hall. 

Containing Legislative and Executive Offices; cost $1,- 
576,000.00. 

Municipal Courts Building. 

Containing :\Iunicipal Offices, Criminal Courts, Juvenile 
Court, Health Department and Testing Laboratory; erected 
in 1912 at an approximate cost of $1,000,000.00. 

City Jail. 

Now in course of erection, located immediately south or 
Municipal Courts Building; a modern jail building which wiJl 
cost $250,000.00. 

City Hospital. 

Located at Fourteenth Street and Lafayette Avenue; 
reached by Tower Grove and Bellefontaine cars. The 
grounds contain 5.31 acres; buildings contain 500 rooms wiiii 
total floor space of 6.04 acres. Will accommodate 700 pa- 
tients. Cost of buildings approximately $1,225,000.00. Com- 
pleted July, 1912. 



Sanitarium. 

Located at 5300 Arsenal Street reached by Tower Grov^e 
cars. Area of grounds 56.78 acres. Buildings contain 1,375 
rooms, with a total floor space of 9.3 acres, and accom- 
modate at present 2,000 patients. Cost of buildings, $1,- 
539,000.00. 

Fire Engine Houses. 

Of the total number of 48 Engine Houses, in which are 
housed 52 Engine Companies and 19 Truck Companies, the 
following are the most modern and are considered model 
Engine Houses: 
No. 48. 

Located at Shawmut and Ridge Avenues, reached by 
Page and Wellston cars. 
No. 50. 

Located on Newstead Avenue south of Forest Park 
Boulevard reached by Laclede cars. 
No. 52. 

Containing motor apparatus; located at Clayton and 
Central Avenues, reached by Market Street cars. 

EDMUND R. KINSEY, 
President Board of Public Improvements. 

ST. LOUIS PARK SYSTEM. 

The people of St. Louis and visitors to the city are al- 
ways heartily welcome at any of the parks, playgrounds and 
recreation places. New facilities for their health, comfort 
and enjoyment are being constantly provided, and they are 
not only invited but urged to use these facilities. The park 
directory, given elsewhere, describes briefly the size, location 
and some of the features of the system. To those desiring 
special information, the following suggestions may be of 
interest: 

To The Nature Lover. 

Forest Park — View from Art Hill. View from Govern- 
ment Hill. Formal Garden — Government Hill. Walks through 
forest behind Art Museum. Ride around bridle path. Scenes 



along River Des Peres. Visit Green Houses and Children's 
Gardens. 

O'Fallon Park — View of Mississippi River from hills. 

Lafayette Park — Lily pond and other planting features. 

Riverside Park — Beautiful views of Mississippi River. 
To The Athletic Enthusiast. 

Eighteen Hole Golf Course — Forest Park. DeBaliviere 
Avenue entrance. Locker building with dressing rooms, 
showers, toilets, etc., nearby. Permits free at Park Depart- 
ment oflfice, City Hall. 

Lawn Tennis Courts — Forest Park, near DeBaliviere 
Avenue entrance; locker building nearby; also, near Clayton 
Avenue and Kingshighway, courts to be constructed in 1914. 

Lawn Tennis Courts — O'Fallon Park. Courts near Carrie 
and Florissant Avenues entrance. 

Fairground — Near Fair Avenue and Natural Bridge en- 
trance. Permits for lawn tennis issued free at Park Depart- 
ment office, City Hall. 

Hand-Ball — Forest Park. Courts will probably be con- 
structed near DeBaliviere Avenue entrace in 1914. 

Swimming — Fairground. Open-air Pool. 

Public Bath No. 2 — Indoor Pool. Seventh and Soulard 
Streets. 

Mullanphy Pool — Open-air Pool. Eleventh and Mullanphy 
Streets. Swimming-suits rented for 5 cents, towels 1 cent 
and soap sold 1 cent per cake. Open during the summer 
season from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. Entrance free. 

Boating — Forest Park; O'Fallon Park; Carondelet Park. 
Boats for hire in each of the above named parks. 

The Municipal League Baseball and Soccer Football 
Games — Forest Park; Fairground; Carondelet Park. Games 
on Saturdays and Sundays are well worth seeing. See daily 
papers for schedules. 

To One Interested in Art or History. 

Forest Park — Art Museum. Missouri Historical Society 
collection at .Jefferson Memorial Building, DeBaliviere Avenue 
entrance to park. 



To The Music Lover. 

Various Parks — ^Concerts free in several parks from June 
to October. See schedule in papers or. in Park Department 
office. 
To The Sociologist. 

Playgrounds; Public Baths; Fairground Swimming Pool. 
See list in directory. 
Civic Centers. 

Tenth and Carr Streets — Columbus Playground; Public 
Bath House No. 1; Patrick Henry School; Police Station; 
Jewish Alliance nearby; Church of Santa Marie Delia Miseri- 
cordia. 

Seventh and Soulard Streets — Public Bath No. 2; Soulard 
Branch Public Library; Soulard Market; Police Station; Pa- 
rochial schools and churches. 
To the Natural History Lover. 

Forest Park — Zoological collection near the City Art 
Museum. 

The Park Commissioner and his assistants will be 
pleased to give any further information to anyone at any 
time. The policy of the department is to encourage the 
proper use of the parks and recreation fields in every pos- 
sible way, and the co-operation of the public in carrying out 
this policy is cordially invited. 

DWIGHT F. DAVIS, 

Park Commissioner. 






THE WATER WORKS. 




The places of interest to the public and to visitors Lo 
St. Louis, which belong to the Water Department, may be 
listed as follows: Compton Hill Reservoir and Park, Pump- 
ing Stations at the Sanitarium, at Bissell's Point, at Baden, 
at the Chain of Rocks, and the Water Works Park at the 
Chain of Rocks. 

At each of the pumping stations during the summer the 
grounds are kept in order by our gardeners, and we endeavor 
to make them as attractive as possible by the proper plant- 
ing of shrubbery and flowers. The park at the Chain of 
Rocks is probably the most beautiful and picturesque park 
in St. Louis; its size is not very great, but the view from 
the bluffs cannot be excelled in this vicinity. 

All of the Engine Houses are open to visitors from 8 
a. m. to 5 p. m. and a great many visitors will be interested 
in seeing the machinery in motion. The Coagulant House 
at the Chain of Rocks can only be seen by special permission. 
This is because the space is this building is limited and only 



a few persons at a time can be allowed to go through. 

The new filters under construction at the Chain of Rocks 
will be especially interesting to persons that know some- 
thing about consti-uction work. This Filter Plant will be 
completed before January 1, 1915, and will then be one of 
the most interesting sights in the city. It will be possible 
for visitors to see the treatment of the water from its in- 
troduction into the basins in its muddy condition to the final 
polished water delivered by the filters. 

The department does not have any special guides to 
take visitors through the different plants, but at all times 
there will be found employes on duty who are instructed to 
extend every courtesy to visitors and give them information 
in regard to the operation of the Water Works. 




The Coagulant House, Chain of Rocks. 
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The Municipal Railway. 

Following is the daily schedule of cars between Badeu 
and the Chain of Rocks: 

Daily Except Saturday and Sunday. 

NORTH BOUND 



Leaves. 


Leaves. 


Arr. Chain 


Biss. Pt. 


Baden 


of Rocks 


7:00 a. m. 


7:15 a. m. 


7:30 a. m. 


8:00 a.m. 


8:15 a. m. 


8:30 a. m. 


10:00 a.m. 


10:15 a. m. 


10:30 a.m. 




11:15 a. m. 


11:30 a.m. 


2 : 00 p. m. 


2:15 p. m. 


2:30 p.m. 




3:15 p. m. 


3:30 p. m. 


4 : 00 p. m. 


4:15 p. m. 


4:30 p.m. 


5:00 p.m. 


5:45 p m. 


6:00 p.m. 




6:45 p. m. 


7:00 p.m. 


10: 00 p.m. 


10:15 p. m. 


10:30 p.m. 



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SOUTH BOUND 



Lv. Chain 


Arrives 


Arrives 


of Rocks. 


Baden 


Biss. Pt. 


7:30 a. m. 


7 : 4.5 &. m. 


8 : 00 a. m. 


8:30 a. m. 


8:45 a. m. 


9:00 a. m. 


11:00 a. m. 


11:15 a. m. 




11:30 a. m. 


11:45 a. m. 


12:00 m. 


z:'6Qp. m. 


2:45 p. m. 


3 : 00 p. m. 


4:00 p. m. 


4:15 p. m. 




4:30 p. m . 


4:45 p. m. 


5 : 00 p. m. 


6: 00 p. m. 


6: 15 p. m. 




7:00 p. m. 


7:15 p. m. 


7:30 ;:. m. 


10:30 p. m. 


10:45 p. m. 


11:00 p. m. 



On Saturday afternoon and Sunday, cars run every hour 
from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. These cars will be operated more 
frequently when the number of visitors require more fre- 
quent trips. The fare on this railroad is 54 each way, but 
tickets are sold 8 for 25^. 

To reach the Baden Terminus of the line it is necessary 
to take the Broadway car to Baden Avenue, which is about 
8300 North Broadway. A short walk to the east brings visi- 
tors to the Water Works Railway. 

I might say, in reference to the magnitude of the Water 
Works, that when the present extensions are completed, it 
will have a daily working capacity of 150 million gallons. 
The Filter Plant will be the largest rapid sand Filter Plant 
in the world, as well as the most modern and up-to-date. 

The actual cost of the Water Works, since it was first 
inaugurated as a Municipal institution has been close to 
$30,000,000.00. The income is about $2,150,000.00 per year. 
The net operating expenses are close to $1,000,000.00, the 
surplus being used to pay interest and sinking fund on 
bonds, and also to pay for the necessary extensions and im- 
provements. 

EDWARD E. WALL, 

Water Commissioner. 



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THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

The St. Louis Public Schools in their endeavor to meet 
all of the needs of the children and young people of school 
age have been developed in nearly all of the directions which 
modern cities have recently taken. 

A college for the training of teachers is maintained as a 
part of the school system. Four high schools for white 
pupils and one for colored and over one hundred elementary 
and special schools are conducted throughout the regular 
school year. 

The elementary schools are in session from 9 to 3:20 
daily; the day high schools from 9 to 2:30. 

Special provision for backward and defective children 
is made in thirteen Special Schools for individual instruction. 
One Open Air School for anaemic and pre-tubercular children 
is in session the year around. A school for dependent and 
delinquent children is maintained, and also a school for the 
deaf. 




Glasgow School. 
In addition to these regular day schools, a large number 
of school buildings are open in the evening for the instruc- 



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tion of those who work during the day but desire the op- 
portunity for further education in the evening. 

During the summer period several elementary and high 
schools will be in session. 

Detailed information in regard to any of the schools, 
their locations, the means of reaching them, and the special 
kinds of educational work to be observed will all be furnished 
upon inquiry at the office of the Superintendent of Instruc- 
tion Board of Education Building, 911 Locust Street. 

Visitors are always welcome in the St. Louis Public 
Schools and, whenever possible, it is requested that they 
call at the office of the Superintendent of Instruction for di- 
rections for their visitation. 

BEN BLEWETT, 

Superintendent. 

THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY. 

The St. Louis Public Library is under the direction of 
a board of nine members appointed by the Mayor, and is 
supported by public taxation under the state library law. 
It includes the Central Library, housed in a building costing 
one and a half million dollars, opened in January, 1912; six 
branch libraries, in buildings erected at various times be- 
tween 1906 and 1911; about sixty delivery stations in all 
parts of the city; and traveling libraries, collections of books 
sent out to schools, clubs, associations, etc. Part of the 
expense of erecting the central and branch buildings was 
met from a fund of one million dollars, donated by Mr. 
Andrew Carnegie. 

LTse of these facilities is free to all residents of St. Louis 
and to non-residents who own property there or have perma- 
nent employment therein. Other non-residents pay one dollar 
a year. 

The new Central Library is one of the most beautiful 
buildings in the city. Strangers are welcome and will be 
shown over the Library by assistants on request. Some of 

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the beautiful things to be seen in it are the marble Entrance 
Hall, with its frescoed ceiling; the great marble Delivery 
Hall, one of the most beautiful rooms in the country; the 
Art Room, with its ceiling inspired by that of a Florentine 
Church, and its frequent exhibitions of paintings, prints and 
other material; the Reading Room, with its ceiling copied 
from that of the Laurentian Library in Florence, designed 
by Michael Angelo; the Reference and Open Shelf Rooms, 
with their curious ceilings of painted beams, in the style 
used in the old French chateaux; and the beautifully ap- 
pointed Children's Room on the ground floor, where the 
little ones are always welceme. 

The Library, with its branches, now contains nearly four 
hundred thousand volumes, and the circulation for home 
use amounts yearly to nearly two million, including sets ^f 
books sent out to schools for supplementary reading. 

Information For Readers. 

Central Library — Olive, Thirteenth and Fourteenth 
Streets. 

Ground Flooi- — ^Children's Department. Applied Science 
Room. Traveling Libraries. Stations Department. News- 
paper Room. Bindery. Building Superintendent. 

Main Floor — Reference Room. Reading Room. Open 
Shelf Room. Art Room. Delivery Hall. Registration. 

Third Floor — Administration. PampTilet Room. Cata- 
logue and Order Department. Assembly Room. Map Room. 
Training Class. 

Barr Branch — Lafayette and Jefferson Avenues. Jeffer- 
son Avenue or Fourth Street cars. 

Cabanne Branch — ^Cabanne and Union Avenues. Hodia- 
mont or Union Avenue cars. 

Carondelet Branch— Kraus Street and Michigan Avenue. 
Bellefontaine or Broadway cars. 

Frederick M. Crunden Branch — Fourteenth Street and 
Cass Avenue. Cass Avenue or Cherokee cars. 

Divoll Branch — Eleventh and Farrar Streets. Belle- 
fontaine cars. 

Soulard Branch — Seventh and Soulard Streets. Broad- 

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way or Seventh Street cars. 

Municipal Reference Branch — Room 206, City Hall. 

Central Library — All Departments, 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.; 
Reading and Reference Rooms, 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. Sunday, 
Reference and Reading Rooms and Open Shelf Room (for 
I'eading only), 2 to 9 p. m. 

Branch Libraries — 10 a. m. to 9 p. m., except Cabanne 
Branch, to 10 p. m. Sunday (for reference and reading only), 
2 to 6 p. m. 

ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, 

Librarian. 

THE CITY ART MUSEUM. 

The City Art .Museum of St. Louis occupies a unique 
position among museums, in that it is the only Municipal 
Art Museum in America entirely supported from public funds. 
A full history of the Institution would make interesting read- 
ing but would not be consistent with the purpose of this 
paper. The museum building, one of the most beautiful In 
America, inherited from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company, stands on Art Hill in the center of Forest Park. 
The Park, with its drives and broad vistas of level sward, 
the lagoons and avenues of grand old fore^t trees, the distant 
city with its many colored dwellings toned by the interven- 
ing atmosphere into a harmony of color tbat would make the 
heart of a Corot or Turner, leap with ecstasy. All lies 
spread out at one's feet, and yet many St. Louisans do not 
know such a place exists. If one made the trip to the Mu- 
seum for this view alone, he would be amply repaid; but 
this is only a small part of the attraction. 

Inside the walls of this city-owned Art Museum, there 
are collections which well might be the envy of any museum, 
and treasures sufficient to supply the needs of the most ex- 
acting connoisseur. Upon entering, one finds himself in a 
magnificent hall, filled with the largest and most representa- 
tive collection of American sculpture in existence. Mr. Wm. 
R. French of Chicago, exclaimed that it was the finest hall 
adapted to sculpture in the world. Among the pieces of 

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special interest are "The Sun Vow" by Hermon A. MacNeil, 
"The Puritan" by Augustus St. Gaudens, "Death and The 
Sculptor" by Daniel Chester French, "Lincoln" by A. A. 
Weinman, "Young Sophocles" by John Donoghue, and maay 
others by all the leading American sculptors. 

Four galleries are filled with casts from the antique, 
representing some of the most noted works by the Greek and 
Roman masters. jNIany of the collections are distinctly 
unique. The porcelains and "Gres Flammes" by M. Taxlle 
Doat, the Gifford Dyer paintings of Athens, and a collection 
of Greek vases of the period of about 470 B. C., said by Pro- 
fessor Furtwangler to equal any in existence. The Naples 
bronze reproductions have the distinction of being the first 
to be exhibited in America and were cast by the Italian 
government expressly for the St. Louis Art Museum. 

The large picture galleries are filled with paintings, many 
of which are masterpieces of modern art. It is the aim to 
acquire in time a representative collection of American 
paintings. The City Art Museum boasts the possession of 
such works as "Another Marguerite" by Sorolla, "The Wolf 
■Charmer" by John La Farge, "Loch Lomond" by Gustave 
Dore, "Sheep Shearing in the Bavarian Highlands" by Walter 
SMrlaw, "Dash for Timber" by Frederick Remington, "In tlie 
Pasture" by Julian Dupre; and many others which are con- 
ceded to be the masterpieces of the men represented. 

Among the recent acquisitions is a collection of prints. 
There are works by Rembrandt, Durer, Whistler, Haden and 
others of note. The whole aim of the management is to make 
the museum distinctly educational in its character. With 
this in view twenty-three special exhibitions have been held 
during the year, many representing the best that is being 
done in the field of art, bringing together in St. Louis from 
all over our land and from foreign countries collections of 
paintings, applied arts and sculpture which it would be im- 
possible to see unless one spent months or years in travel. 
These exhibitions are changed every month. Such exhibi- 
tions as the French Societe Des Peintres et des Sculpteurs, 
French Impressionists, Paintings by Sorolla, Sculpture by 
Prince Paul Troubetzkoy, Paintings by Contemporary Spanish 
Artists, German Graphic Arts, etc., etc., exhibited the past 

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season and the Leon Bakst collection, Hungarian, Austrian 
and Bohemian Graphic Arts, and a collection of sculpture and 
paintings by Constantin Meunier, which are coming, show 
the wide range of our activities in this direction. 

Visitors are provided with a guide upon request, cata- 
logues and other publications are on sale, gallery talks and 
lectures are given from time to time, classes from the schools 
are conducted through by special arrangement. The thirty- 
nine large galleries have been entirely overhauled and the 
collections re-arranged, classified and labeled. New works of 
a high standard are acquired as our funds permit. It is the 
expectation to add only objects of the highest rank, making 
up in quality what may be missed in numbers, that the City 
Art Museum may become an institution of which every 
St. Louisan may be proud. 

The building is open and free every day in the year 
from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays, when it is open 
from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. 

The nearest street car lines are the Market line at Tamra 
Avenue and the Olive-University line at Skinker Road. All 
cross lines transfer to the above lines. The time required 
from the business district is forty-five minutes, allowing ten 
minutes walk after leaving the car. 

R. A. HOLLAND, 

Director. 

THE RIVER FRONT. 

Points of interest on the River Front are these: 
The paved wharf which extends from Chouteau Avenue 
on the south to Biddle Street on the north, is always clean 
and sanitary, and is accassible at all times, excepting such 
periods of extreme high water as we may have. Visitors 
here may get a good view of the Harbor as well as an op- 
portunity to see the famed "Municipal Bridge" and the beau- 
tiful "Eads Bridge." 

The Harbor Boat "Erastus Wells" is usually moored at 
the foot of Market Street and is open for inspection. 

When at the wharf the U. S. Naval Reserves fleet of 

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Gun Boats may be seen moored at the foot of Chouteau 
Avenue, directly under the Municipal Bridge. 

ARNOLD J. HELLMICH, 
Harbor and Wharf Commissioner. 
THE HOSPITAL SERVICE. 

There are seven divisions of the Hospital Department, 
the most interesting of which, I believe to be at the present 
time, the City Hospital, Sanitarium and Infirmary. The 
Dispensary is housed in an old building, but will be trans- 
ferred to a new building as soon as the same can be erected 
on the southeast corner of the Municipal Courts Building lot. 
It will then be very interesting. 

The visiting hours at the City Hospital are from 1:30 to 
2:30 p. m. daily; at the Sanitarium from 9 to 11 a. m. and 
1 to 4 p. m. on Sundays, Tuesday and Fridays, and at the 
Infirmary from 8 to 10 a. m. and 1 to 4 p. m. daily. 

The institutions are all open to public inspection during 
visiting hours, and those interested will be shown whatever 
they may desire to see, with the possible exception of pa- 
tients who would be injured by having visitors. 

The three above mentioned institutions are all in 
splendid condition and visiting them should be encouraged. 

I daresay that hardly ten per cent of the citizens of St. 
Louis have any idea of the amount and character of charit- 
able work carried on by the city. I can say, without fear of 
contradiction, that St. Louis today conducts the best muni- 
cipal institutions in the United States, taking them all to- 
gether. There is no other large city which conduts as many 
as does St. Louis. 

CLEVELAND H. SHUTT, :\I. D., 

Hospital Commissioner. 

THE HEALTH SERVICE. 

To such visitors as are interested in sanitary work, 
we are able, and will be glad to show, the methods of thiij 
department in handling contagion, sanitary nuisances, dairy 
inspections, fumigations, meat inspection, municipal chemical 
work and the control of irregular medical practitioners. 
MAX C. STARKLOFF, M. D., 

Health Commissioner. 

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THE CITY WORKHOUSE. 

The City Workhouse is situated at 4200 South Broadway. 
It is a penal institution for prisoners from our Police and 
Criminal Courts of Correction. The main cell house for 
men was erected in 1853; all other buildings are new and 
equipped with modern conveniences. 

Connected with the Workhouse is a stone-quarry where 
the macadam for use of the Street Department is obtained. 
About 200 men are employed here. A modern steam laundry 
does work for some of the City institutions. 

Visitors are welcome at any time between 10 a. m. and 
5 p. m. A guard will be furnished to conduct them over the 
premises. 

F. J. PRIMA VESI, 

Superintendent. 



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MUNICIPAL REFERENCE LIBRARY. 

The ^Municipal Reference Library can, in several ways, 
be of assistance to strangers in tlie city, though of course, 
in no spectacular way. The library now serves as a sort 
of general bureau of city information. By this I mean that 
it is perhaps the best place to go in the City Hall to get 
general information about our city government, its depart- 
ments, etc. If the inquiries cannot be answered here, we 
can at least tell where in the Hall they can be disposed of. 
The library is certainly the best place to obtain copies of 
city documents that are available for distribution. It would 
be interesting to anyone who wished to learn the progress 
of our city in advanced legislation — we are well prepared on 
matters of that sort. As to history, the library contains 
little, and the Central Library building is the place for the 
person interested in the past of St. Louis. 

ANDREW LINN BOSTWICK, 
Municipal Reference Librarian. 

THE POLICE. 

Particular attention is paid to the instruction of all 
policemen in the locations of public buildings and public 
places, and information relating to the street car service in 
the city. In all examinations under our Civil Service System 
are included twenty-five questions as to where such institu- 
tions as public and branch libraries, parks, hotels, govern- 
ment and city buildings, and office buildings are located; 
and then questions are submitted which have a tendency to 
drill the men as to the particular sections of the city reached 
by certain car lines. Information like this, which is of in- 
estimable value to strangers or our own citizens who are not 
familiar with the various localities, is considered of the 
greatest value, and from the time a man goes on the force, 
he is urgently trained to be able to answer any reasonable 
question at a moment's notice. 
Demeanor Toward The Public. 

The demeanor to be maintained by police officers to- 
wards all persons is covered in Section 38 of the Police 
Manual, as follows: "He shall be quiet, civil and orderly in 

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his conduct and deportment, and shall at all times be at- 
tentive and zealous in the discharge of his duty, controlling 
his temper and exercising the utmost patience and discre- 
tion." 

The public is particularly interested in the Section which 
follows, number 39: "He shall answer any question with all 
possihle attention and courtesy and not in a short and cart- 
less manner; avoiding, however, all unnecessary conversation 
or controversy." 

Another rule upon which we lay great stress is contained 
in Section 151: "He shall furnish information and render aid 
to all persons when requested so far as the same may be 
consistent with his duty." 

As to the treatment of visitors in police stations that is 
covered in Section 217: "Every police officer and employee 
shall show civility and attention to every person visiting a 
station house on business. No person shall be permitted to 
remain in a station house or enter behind the desk; without 
permission of the officer in charge or of a superior officer." 
Police Bureaus of Interest. 

As to model police stations to which citizens or strangers 
will be welcome, we have a number. Police Headquarters, 
208 South 12th iStreet, a four-story, modern fire-proof struc- 
ture, is considered one of the finest police headquarters in 
the country. The Central Police District, containing the busi- 
ness area of the city, confined between Chouteau Avenue on 
the south, Washington Avenue on the north, 22nd Street 
on the west and the river on the east, occupies the first 
floor and basement. The office of the Chief of the Secret 
Service Bureau and the Bertillon System occupies the second 
floor; the offices of the Chief of Police are on the third floor, 
while the fourth floor is the headquarters and meeting room 
of the Board of Police Commissioners. Especial attention is 
paid to visitors in this building. Heads of departments will- 
ingly assign guides to show interested persons over every 
part of the building, and give such information as is allow- 
able to the public. 
Model Stations. 

Other model police stations are as follows: 

Fourth District, Northeast corner 10th and Carr Streets 

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Seventh District, Southeast corner Grand and Magnolia 
Avenues. 

Eighth District, Xorthwest corner l.eHingwell and La- 
clede Avenues. 

Eleventh District, east side of Newstead Avenue, ju-st 
north of Laclede Avenue. 

Twelfth District, Northeast corner Page and Union 
Avenues, and the Mounted District, on Clayton Road in Forest 
Park. 

SAMUEL B. McPHEETERS, 
President, Board of Police Commissioners. 

ST. LOUIS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 

This Institution, on Osage Street and Virginia Avenue, 
is open to visitors from 9 a. m. to 5 p. ni. every day, and 
guides will be furnished to visitors. 

The entire Institution, including the School Rooms, Man- 
ual Training Department, Laundry, Tailor Shop and Electric 
Light Plant, is open to visitors. Bellefontaine and Grand 
cars pass nearby. 

J. W. MA.JOR, 

Superintendent. 
THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 

The Missouri Botanical Garden, founaed by Henry Shav/, 
in 1858, represents the most complete botanical garden in 
America. In it about 12,000 kinds of plants, assembled from 
all parts of the world, are being grown and displayed. 

Location. 

The Missouri Botanical Garden (Shaw's Garden) is situ- 
ated at Tower Grove Avenue and Flora Boulevard, on the 
Vandeventer Avenue car line — transfer south from all east 
and west intersecting lines. 

The Garden is open to the public week days the year 
'round, from 8:00 a. m. until a half hour after sunset; Sun- 
days, from May till December. 2:00 p. m. till sunset. 
Admission free. 

Personally conducted trips through the Garden every 
Saturday afternoon from May 1 to November 1, starting frori 

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the main gate at 3:00 p. m. Other trips may be arranged 
for by special appointment. Bell phone, Grand 567. 
Floral Displays. 

With the exception of the three summer months, a 
monthly display of flowering plants is maintained in the two 
floral display houses of the new conservatory. These dis- 
plays include chrysanthemums, poinsettias, tulips, hyacinths, 
roses, begonias and many others, too numerous to mention, 
each in its respective season. 

Special Collections. 

An unusually fine collection of palms is exhibited in the 
new palm house just completed. 

An entire house is devoted to the ferns and another to 
tropical fruits, medicinal, fibre and other economic plants. 

The orchids, comprising one of the finest collections in 
the world, are displayed in a special house and, although, 
flowering in greatest profusion during tne winter month?, 
some of these interesting plants will be found blooming at 
all times. 

Another house is occupied by a collection of insectivor- 
ous plants, including pitcher plants, Venus fly-trap, sun-dews 
and others. 

The cacti and other succulent plants have been brought 
together in a small conservatory, presenting a miniature 
desert scene. 
Outdoor Features. 

A medicinal garden, containing over a hundred kinds of 
drug-yielding plants; the herbaceous tract, comprising col- 
lections of agricultural and decorative plants; the North 
American Tract, a large area devoted to hardy plants native 
of the North American Continent; the arboretum, a tract of 
quiet, natural woodland; and the water garden, comprising 
numerous ponds and pools, planted with water lilies, lotus 
and other striking water plants. 

The Rose Garden. 

From late spring until frost, the rose garden, with its 
500 carefully selected varieties of roses, ranks among the 
most noteworthy of the Garden's attractions. 

GEORGE T. IMOORE, 

Director. 

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MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

The collections of the iMissouri Historical Society occupy 
the Jefferson Memorial, which stands upon the site of the 
World's Fair of 1904. The collections have special reference 
to the Territory of Louisiana, now divided into thirteen 
states. A large section in one of the wings is occupied by 
an archaelogical collection which the Missouri Historical 
Society has been assembling, with continuous effort, directed 
to all parts of the Louisiana Purchase during the past forty 
years. The Indian collection includes thirty thousand speci- 
mens. One of the possessions of the Historical Society is 
the sun dial which Thomas Jefferson made and used at his 
home, Monticello, in Virginia. 

The first printing press set up and used west of St. 
Louis, the second printing press brought to this side of the 
Mississippi River, is one of the historical exhibits. It was 
used at Franklin, ^Missouri, to print the Missouri Intelligencer 
as early as 1819. One of the cannons carried on the steam- 
boats of the American Fur Company one hundred years ago, 
is preserved. There are many oil portraits of governors and 
pioneers of the states within the Louisiana Purchase. 

The collection of manuscripts goes back to the earliest 
settlements west of the Mississippi River. It is one of the 
largest collections in the United States. Many of the manu- 
scripts relate to the French and Spanish sovereignty. There 
are,/ original petitions of early settlers of Missouri and other 
states for land grants. There are official letters of the 
governors and commandants before the American authority 
superseded the Spanish. 

The historical library, bearing upon the history of the 
thirteen states created out of the Louisiana Purchase, num- 
bers over twenty-five thousand volumes. The collection of 
these books has been in progress at St. Louis for more than 
half a century. Genealogies, private letters and diaries of 
persons once resident in the Louisiana Territory are in- 
cluded in a family history department. 

The JelTerson Memorial stands on the location of the 
main entrance of the World's Fair. The rotunda or arch 

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is sixty feet in diameter. The entire front, including the 
arch and the wings, is 330 feet in length. The facade of 
the central section is fronted by six massive columns. Under 
the ?rch is the marble statue of Thomas Jefferson executed 
by Karl Bitter. The commission which planned the Jefferson 
monument for the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Pur- 
chase Exposition was composed of Isaac S. Taylor, who was 
Director of Works; Karl Bitter, who was Chief of Sculpture, 
and George E. Kessler. who was the Landscape Architect of 
the World's Fair. 

A conspicuous place in the arch is occupied by a 
large bronze group, "The Signing of the Treaty." It repre- 
sents Monroe, Marbois and Livingstone putting their signa- 
tures to the treaty of acquisition of the Louisiana Territory 
at Paris on the 30th of April, 1803. The Government of the 
United States, the City of St. Louis and the Louisiana Pur- 
chase Exposition Company united in the erection of the 
Jefferson Memorial. 

The ^Missouri Historical collections are open to visitors 
every day in the week from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. University 
cars on Olive Street pass the Memorial. 

CHARLES PARSONS PETTUS, 

Acting Director. 

DIRECTORY OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK SYSTEM. 

Bayard Triangle. 

Acquired from the Street Department in 19U. A small 
triangle 0.02 acres in area, located at Page Boulevard and 
Bayard Avenue. Reached by the Page Avenue cars. 
Benton Park. 

A neighborhood park of great natural beauty, about 14.30 
acres in extent. It was acquired from the City Commons 
in 1866. It is situated between Jefferson Avenue. Wyoming 
Street, Illinois Avenue and Arsenal Street, and is reached 
by the Jeft'erson Avenue and Cass Avenue car lines. A 
monument to Fr. K. F. Hecker, by E. C. Jenssen, stands 
near the Wyoming Street side of the park. 
Buder Square. 

This square was presented to the city by Gustavus A. 
Buder and family as a memorial to Susan Buder. It lies 

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between Ewing Avenue, Hickory Street, California Avenue 
and Rutger Sti'eet. It is under construction as a children's 
playground, with wading pool, shelter and comfort station. 
It contains 2.35 acres. Was transferred in April, 1913. Park 
Avenue and Compton Avenue cars within 2 blocks. 

Carr Square. 

This square was acquired by gift of Wm. C. Carr m 
1842. These 2.30 acres lie between Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Carr 
and Wash Streets. It is a neighborhood park very largely 
used during the summer. Children's playgrounds in the 
eastern portion used by 248,237 children in 1912-13. The 
comfort station was used by 1,046,606 people in 1912-1913. 
Hodiamont and Lee Avenue cars pass this park. 

Carondelet Park. 

A picturesque park in which a peculiar geological forma- 
tion adds variety to the landscape. It is 180 acres in extent, 
and was purchased in the year 1875 for $140,570.10. It 'S 
located between Kansas Street, Loughborough Avenue, Colo- 
rado Avenue and Sharp Street, and is reached by the Belle- 
fontaine cars from the down-town district, and by the Grand 
Avenue cars transferring to Bellefontaine from up-town. 
The proposed Kingshighway, Grand Avenue and River Des 
Peres Boulevards will connect through the park. The Caron- 
delet divisions of the Municipal Base-ball, Soccer and Lawn 
Tennis Leagues use the athletic grounds of this park, there 
being four tennis courts, two base-ball and one foot-ball 
fields. The lake is used for boating in summer and skating 
in winter. :\[uch used for picnics during the season. New 
boat house and comfort stations to be erected and many 
road changes made when money is available. Bellefontaine 
cars are three blocks from Kansas Street entrance. 

Carnegie Place. 

Consists of 1.75 acres, acquired in 1899. Was formerly a 
market site, and is located at Indiana Avenue and Utah 
Street. A long narrow park, the northern portion of which 
is used as a children's playground, which recorded an at- 
tendance of 40,034 in 1912-13. It is reached by the Jefferson 
and Cass Avenue lines. 

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Carondelet Heights Playground. 

Is iy2 acres in extent, and was leased in 1911 from 
Mullanphy Emigrant Relief Fund and is under construction 
as a playground for children. Located at Virginia Avemie 
and Qulney Street. Bellefontaine cars one block east of 
playground. 
Children's Gardens. 

Consist of garden plots 5 by 17 feet in extent. Located 
close to Forest Park Greenhouses, Oakland Avenue and 
convenient to Market Street car line. These plots are cared 
for by boys from 8 to 16 years old living in St. Louis, and 
directed by a competent instructor. The boys are given 
the flowers and vegetables they raise. 

Chain of Rocks Park. 

Is a beautiful park at the terminus of Kingshighway, 
under direction of the Water Department. From this point 
is a magnificent view of the Mississippi River. This park 
will be the northern terminus of Kingshighway Boulevard. 
It is six acres in extent, and is reached by Water Works 
Railway. 

Chain of Rocks Nursery. 

This is the second nursery in the Park Department sys- 
tem. 47,105 trees and shrubs were set out in 1912. It is 
planned to enlarge this nursery. Reached by Water Works 
Railway. 

Clifton Heights Park. 

A neighborhod park with rolling lawns and a lake situ- 
ated at Simpson and Bowman Avenue, and reached by the 
Tower Grove line. 

Court House Square. 

Is located between Chesnut, Market, Fourth Streets and 
Broadway; was the gift of Judge J. B. C. Lucas and Col. 
Auguste Chouteau in 1822. Upon this site was begun the 
present court house in 1839, which was completed about 
1862. It is noted as one of the finest specimens of archi- 
tecture in America. The frescoes in the dome were painted 
by Carl Wimar, and are considered master pieces of mural 
painting. The art representatives of the German and French 

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governments made a special trip to St. Louis from Chicago in 
1893 to see them. The slave auctions took place on the steps 
of the court house before the war. Can be reached by 
Broadway, Market, Laclede and Fourth Street cars. 

City Hospital Grounds. 

Are located on Lafayette Avenue, between Fourteenth 
Street and Grattan Street. These grounds were turned over 
to the Park Department in 1911, and are partly shaped and 
improved. Tower Grove, Bellefontaine and Fourth Street 
cars pass the place. 




Columbus Square. 

Is 2.16 acres in extent, and was purchased by the cicy 
in 1908 for $236,641.00. When purchased it was the most 
densely populated block in the city. 307,187 children used 
it as a playground in 1912-1913. Located between Tenth, 
Eleventh, Carr and Biddle Streets. Bellefontaine and Natu- 
ral Bridge cars pass by. Bath house No. 1 is across from 
the Tenth Street side. 

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Dakota Park. 

Consists of 3.17 acres; acquired from the City Commons 
in 1812. This place was a sink-hole for nearly a century. 
Recently filled and being developed as a park in the northern 
half and playground in the southern. Shelter building, com- 
fort station, wading-pool, pergolas to be constructed when 
money is available. Convenient to Bellefontaine cars. 
DeSoto Place. 

A playground in the old Kerry Patch district 1.64 acres 
in extent; purchased in 1908 for $35,290.00, and an effective 
force in the improvement of the neighborhood. Used by 
41,705 children in 1912-13. A shelter building to be erected 
when money is available. Two blocks east of Jefferson 
Avenue cars; one block from Natural Bridge cars. Bath 
house No. 3 is located on the southwest corner of Twenty- 
third and O'Fallon Streets, and is therefore across the street 
from DeSoto Playground. It was completed and opened about 
October, 1913. 
Flora Boulevard. 

A connecting parkway between Grand Avenue and Tower 
Grove Avenues. Presented to the city April, 1913. Grand 
Avenue car passes by. 
Forest Park Boulevard. 

A connecting parkway between Grand Avenue and Kings- 
highway. Will be one of the links connecting Forest Park 
with the proposed aiarket Street Plaza from Twelfth Street 
to Grand Avenue; 9.57 acres in area. Condemned and dedi- 
cated in 1899. Laclede Avenue car one block north. Taylor 
car passes through. 
Fountain Park. 

A neighborhod park of considerable beauty, containing 
1.50 acres. Was the gift of John Lay in 1899. It is located 
at Bayard Street and Fountain Avenue. Hodiamont car one 
block south. 
French Market Place. 

This place was formerly used as a market place; 0.29 
acres in area. Was transferred to the Park Department in 
1908. Is located at Broadway and Chouteau Avenue, and 
may be reached by Broadway cars. 

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Grand March, Annual Field Day. 
Forest Park. 

This is tlie second largest park in the United States, 
being 1,380.52 acres in extent. It was purchased by the City 
in 1874 at a cost of $849,0.")8.61. It is situated between Kings- 
highway and Sklnker Road, and is bounded on the north by 
Lindell Avenue and south by Oakland Avenue. The Olive 
Street, Laclede Avenue and Union Avenue cars, with the 
Hamilton Avenue cars reach the central and northern por- 
tions, while the .Market Street cars run along the southern 
or Oakland Avenue boundary. It is noted for its beautiful 
and varied scenery. Within its borders are a few fine build- 
ings and many other interesting points of interest, the 
.Jefferson Memorial being the most prominent. This is lo- 
cated at the head of DeBaliviere Avenue and faces on Lindell 
Road and was built at a cost of $475,000, it being the gift 
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. The Mis- 
souri Historical society occupies a great portion of the 
space available for exhibits, and its records and valuable 
manuscripts are to be found here. 

Nearby are the golf links, an interesting course of 18 
holes. Permits to play the game may be obtained at the 
office of the Park Department, and also for games of tennis 
on the courts to the east. The cricket crease and the base- 
ball and foot-ball fields are also near, where the Municipal 
League games are played, and these fields are reserved es- 
pecially for such games. The building to the east of the 
.Jefferson :Memorial is the Locker Building, for this group; 
assignment of these lockers are made at the Park Depart- 



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ment office. The Jahn Monument, on the eastern slope of 
Art Hill, was erected by the German Turn Vereins in memory 
of the founder of these gymnastic societies. It was formally 
dedicated in October, 1913. 

On the summit of Art Hill is the Art Museum, one 
of the permanent buildings erected by the Louisiana Pur- 
chase Exposition. In it were installed the art exhibits nt 
the World's Fair, in 1904. It was built at an approximate 
cost of $700,000. It was formerly under control of a private 
Board of Directors, but has passed into the hands of the 
City and is now a free Public Museum for the people. In 
the foreground of the Art Museum is an equestrian statue 
of Saint Louis for whom the City was named, and who 
governed France as Louis IX. The statue was designed by 
Charles Niehaus, the sculptor. 

The view from Art Hill is especially fine. The hill and 
lagoons were selected for the site of the 1914 Pageant. To 
the south and west of the Art Museum, the walks through 
the forest are very beautiful. Privileges are let for boating 
on the lagoons to the highest bidder, by the Board of Public 
Improvements. The boats are rented at 25 cents per hour, 
by the contractor having the privilege. To the east of the 
Art ^Museum is the Zoological Collection, which has been 
turned over to the new Board of Control. In the same neigh- 
borhood is the Bird Cage. 

On Government Hill nearby is the World's Fair Pavilion, 
which was erected by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company, on the site of the Missouri Building at the World's 
Fair. Its approximate cost was $40,000. This pavilion con- 
tains accommodations for a great number of people; it has 
two comfort stations, two lookout towers and a section 
where light refreshments are served at moderate prices. The 
view from the hill is very attractive. On the plateau below 
is a formal garden from which paths lead to a garden of 
perennials. From this point to the west the pai'k is largely 
given over to natural scenery. To the east it consists of 
rolling hills and meadows. There are two other recrea- 
tion fields with tennis courts, base-ball and foot-ball fields; 
one at the Triple "A" grounds, the other at Clayton Road, 
Euclid Avenue and Kingshighvvay. 

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A bridle path encircles the park passing through varied 
scenery. Band concerts are given near the Union Avenue 
entrance during the summer season every Sunday afternoon 
and Thursday evening. 

The Romanelli fountain near the Kingshighway entrance 
of the park was presented to the City by David O'Neil. At 
the head of Lindell Avenue entrance to Forest Park is a 
statue to General Frank P. Blair by W. W. Gardner. The 
statue of Edward Bates is near the Chouteau Avenue en- 
trance. An equestrian statue of General Franz Sigel by 
Robert Couer is located near Lindell Pavilion. The great 
equestrian statue of Saint Louis in the foreground of the 
City Art Museaum was presented to the City by the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition Company. 
Fairground. 

This park was the former site of the annual St. Louis 
Fair. It is located between Grand Avenue, Kossuth Avenue, 
Fair Avenue and Natural Bridge Road and extends over 128.94 
acres. It was purchased in 1908 for $700,000.00. The eastern 
half is being developed as a park for picnics and the western 
half as a great recreation ground with tennis courts, base- 
ball and foot-ball fields, running tracks. The Fairground 
division of the Municipal Athletic League plays here. These 
games, particularly on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, are 
attractive features. 

The lagoons are used for skating in the winter. In the 
western half is a children's playground which was used by 
220,633 children in 1912-13. A portion of the lagoon was 
used as a wading pool. The final plans call for a boat house, 
comfort station, gymnasium and playground shelter buildings 
in the western portion whenever money is available. 

The location is historic as the site of the old St. Louis 
Fair which began in 18.56, and was continued without a 
break, with the exception of a few years of the Civil war, 
until 1901. The purchase of "fifty acres of land from Col. 
John O'Fallon at a price of $50,000, was made in July, 1856. 
The fences, pavilions and buildings were constructed, being 
ready by the following October, 1856. Later the remaining 
79 acres were added. The whole making at the present day, 
Fairground. 

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Fsirground Swimming Pool. 

In the eastern halt ot the park is the largest artificial 
open-air swimming pool in the country. The pool itself cost 
$29,000.00; the dressing rooms, $16,000.00. The pool is 'ir- 
cular in shape, divided into shallow and deep portions by a 
strip of land. The maximum depth of the large pool is 10 
feet, of the small 314 feet, the area being 99,724 and 31,520 
square feet respectively. Approximately 4,000,000 gallons of 
water is required to fill the two pools. The maximum dis- 
tance across the large pool is 440 feet. The pool is lighted 
by eight arc lights, 10 incandescent globes and six gasoline 
lamps, the total wattage being 8,750. The attendance for the 
two months the pool was open in 1913, was estimated at 
500,000, the largest number at any one time being 5,000. 
The maintenance cost, not including interest, depreciation, 
water and light — was about 1.5 cents per capita A rental 
charge of 5 cents per suit and 1 cent per towel was made; 
and a cake of soap was sold for one cent, about $3,000.00 
being taken in from these sources. The pool was also very 
popular with spectators, on several occasions the number 
being estimated at 35,000 to 40,000. There were no drown- 



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ings or serious accidents, life-guards being on duty from t) 
a. m. to 10 p. m., tlie hours during wliich the pool was 
open. 

The Fairground can be reached by Natural Bridge, Lee 
Avenue, Grand Avenue and Cherokee and Sarah Street 
cars. 

Gamble Place. 

Covers 1.15 acres, and was transferred from the Water 
Department in 1874. This is a neighborhood park, in a con- 
gested district, one-half of which is used as a children's play- 
ground. The Wellston cars on the Easton Avenue side reach 
the park. 

Gravois Park. 

Consists of 8.20 acres, was acquired from City Commons 
in 1842. Located on Louisiana Avenue, between Potomac 
and ^liami Streets. The Cherokee cars pass the park. 

Green Houses and Nursery. 

Are located at the southern boundary of Forest Park — 
at Oakland Avenue about 5800 west and are reached by the 
Market Street cars. They cover four acres. The Market 
Street cars pass this place. There is also a nursery at the 
Chain of Rocks, which is 5 acres in extent. 

Hyde Park. 

Is 11.84 acres in extent; was purchased in 1854 at a cost 
of $36,250.00. It is located at Blair Avenue and Twentieth 
Street. The nearest car lines are Bellefontaine and Lee 
Avenue cars. It is a medium sized neighborhood park of 
great natural beauty. 

Infirmary. 

Is located on Arsenal Street at Sixtieth Street west; 
about 5 acres in extent. Was turned over to the care of 
the Park Department in 1911. Tower Grove cars pass the 
place. 

Gravois and Eichelberger. 

This strip of land between Elenore, Kansas, Schoenlau 
and Carlsbad Streets and Gravois Avenue and Eichelberger 
Street, and comprising 32.37 acres, was purchased in 1910 at 

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a cost of $98,r)04.13. It will be developed as a part of the 
Kingshighway system when money is available. It is 
reached by Cherokee Street cars. 




Jackson Place. 

Is a neighborhood park in the down-town district, ft 
covers 1.62 acres and was a gift of Col. Wm. Chambers and 
Maj. Thos. Wright in 1816. It is located at Eleventh Street 
and North Market Street. Bellefontaine cars and the Mc- 
Kinley system cars pass close by. 
Kennerly Avenue Playground. 

A playground on Kennerly and Pendleton Avenues, used 
by colored children; leased at a nominal sum from the estate 
of Louis Brinckwirth in 1911. Nearest car lines are Taylor 
Avenue and Cass Avenue cars. 
Kenrick Garden. 

This garden is a triangular strip at the intersection of 
two important residence streets. The formal floral planting 

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is effective. It is 0.72 acres in extent and was acquired from 
ttie city by condemnation proceedings in 1896. It is located 
at Lindell and Vendeventer Avenues. Vandeventer Avenue 
cars pass by the place. 

Kingshighway Southwest. 

This parkway was acquired from the Street Department 
in 1910 by transfer. It connects Grand Avenue and River- 
side Park, and will be a part of Kingshighway system. 

Laclede Park. 

Is a small neighborhood park of 3.17 acres acquired from 
the City Commons in 1812. It is located between East and 
West Iowa Avenue and North and South Gasconade Streets. 
Bellefontaine and Broadway cars are within one and two 
blocks of it. 

Lafayette Park. 

Extends over 29.95 acres, acquired from the City Com- 
mons in 1844. It was one of St. Louis' most beautiful parks 
before it was damaged by the cyclone of 1896. Extensive 
planting is gradually restoring its original beauty. The lily 
pond near the central western entrance is very attractive. 
See also the formal garden near the shelter building. The 
small pond in the central eastern portion will be developed 
as a Japanese Garden when money is available. The lake 
is used for skating, and the summer concerts are very 
largely attended. Monuments of Washington and Benton 
have been erected here, the former by Houdin, the French 
sculptor, is especially fine. The Benton statue is the work 
of Miss Hosmer. The Park Avenue, Jefferson Avenue and 
Fourth Street cars run close to the park, or pass it. 

Lucas Garden. 

This beautiful formal garden of 1.09 acres, just across 
Locust Street from the Central Library building, was given 
to the City in 1857 by James H. Lucas in memory of J. B. 
C. Lucas. For many years this block, and the one on which 
the library building stands were the site of the Exposition 
Building, where many notable events took place. This build- 
ing was torn down when the library was erected, and the 
northern block converted into a formal garden. In 1913 the 

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Public Library and Lucas Garden, 13th artd Locust Streets. 

fountain was erected at a cost of $4,500. the money being 
provided in the will of Margaret R. Kincaid, for this pur- 
pose. The Hodiamont cars pass tlie place, and the Olive 
Street cars are but a few yards distant. The garden is 
located between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets, and faces 
St. Charles Street on the north, while the library and Locust 
Street bound it on the south. 

Lyon Park. 

This park was a gift from the United States Government 
in 1872 and is 10.92 acres in extent. It is bounded by Broad- 
way, Second, Arsenal and Utah Streets. The Seventh Street 
and Broadway cars run past the place. It is a beautiful 
neighborhood park in front of the United States Arsenal. 
A statue of General Lyon by Mitchell is located about the 
center of the park. 

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Meramec Triangle. 

This small triangular plot of ground 0.5 of an acre in 
extent opposite the Work House was turned over to the 
Department by the Street Department in 1910. Broadway 
cars pass by. 

Mullanphy Square. 

A children's playground, 1.92 acres in size, situated on 
Mullanphy 'Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Streets, was 
acquired in 1909 from bond issue, at a cost of $45,366.41. It 
was used by 75,705 children in 1912-13. A comfort station, 
band stand and open air swimming pool are under construc- 
tion at a cost of $36,600, and will be opened in the summer 
of 1914. Bellefontaine and Cherokee Street cars run within 
a short distance of it. 

Municipal Bridge Playground. 

A playground for children under the Municipal Bridge. 
An interesting adaptation of otherwise useless ground. Lo- 
cated at Third and Chouteau Avenue. Covers about two 
small city blocks. Fourth Street, Broadway and Seventh 
Street cars run to it, or are very close. 

Nortli Market Square. 

This is a narrow parkway extending from Broadway to 
Fifteenth Street. Near Bellefontaine car line. 

O'Fallon Park. 

A beautiful park with interestingly varied scenery, ex- 
tending over 158.32 acres, which was purchased in 1875 for 
$259,065.33. It is popular as a picnic ground. The lake is 
used for boating in the summer and skating in winter. The 
shelter building, which combines shelter, comfort station, re- 
freshment rooms, children's dressing rooms and skating 
room, with the lake on one side and the wading pool on the 
other, has been called the ideal park building. There are 
ten tennis courts and five foot-ball and base-hall fields in the 
park. There is an interesting view of the Mississippi River 
from the hills in the northern part of the park. Bellefontaine, 
Broadway and Sarah Street cars run directly to the park. 
It is bounded by Broadway, Florissant and Adelaide Avenues 
and Bircher Street. 

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O'Fallon Park. 
Penrose and Bircher Streets. 

This park of 49.93 acres was purchased bj' the city .n 
1910 as a parli of the Kingshighway system, at a cost of 
$163,127. The boulevard will run through the park. A part 
of the ground shaping was started in 1912, and will be com- 
pleted whenever money is available therefor. It is located 
at about 5100 Penrose Street and bounded by Penrose and 
Bircher; Kingshighway passes about the center. The Belle- 
fontaine cars are nearest to it. 
Pine Street Playground. 

A playground on the southeast corner of Twenty-third 
and Pine Streets. It was leased to the city by the late Geo. 
S. Myers in 1909 for five years at a nominal sum. It is used 
as a playground for colored children. Olive Street and 
Jefferson Avenue cars within one block. 11,554 children 
played here 1912-13. 
Page Avenue Place. 

This strip covers 0.96 acres, and was dedicated in 1903. 
A connecting parkway from Spring to Vandeventer Avenues; 



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then again from Pendleton to Taylor Avenues. The Page 
Avenue car Is two blocks south. Taylor Avenue car crosses 
Page on Taylor Avenue. 




Pontiac Square Playground. 

This is a neighborhood park and playground consisting 
of an area of 1.93 acres, and was purchased in 1908 for 
$94,956.32. It is a center for a thickly settled district and 
was used by 137,472 children in 1912-13. The Cass Avenue 
and Cherokee Street cars are within one block; Broadway 
cars two blocks. It is located between Ninth Street, Ann 
Avenue, Tenth Street and Shenandoah Avenue. Cass Avenue 
and Cherokee Street cars run close by. 
Rebep Place. 

Dedicated in 1910. This is a connecting parkway from 
Kingshighway to Hartford Street. 
Riverside Park. 

Covers 5.67 acres. Was purchased in 1906 for $110,422.50. 
This place is one of the southern terminals of Kingshighway, 
and the beginning of the proposed Riverside Drive. There 
Is a beautiful view of the Mississippi River from the park. 
Broadway cars pass by. 
Rock Springs Triangle. 

This small triangle cover 0.10 acres, and is a grass plot 
at the intersection of Chouteau and Manchester Avenues and 

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Sarah Street. Sarah and Market Street cars; also Man- 
chester Avenue cars pass here. 

Rose Hill Place. 

This small triangular planting space covers 0.22 acres. 
It was dedicated in 1904. 
Sanitarium. 

The grounds for this asylum for the insane comprise 
36 acres and have been shaped, planted and cared for by 
the Park Department. This is reached by the Tower Grove 
Street cars. 




Soulard Place Playground. 

A largely used park and playground extending over 1.94 
acres, bounded by Soulard, Seventh, Julia and Ninth Streets. 
It was purchased in 1909 for $170,680.00. With the public 
baths, public library branch, police station and public market 
it forms an attractive neighborhood center. The basement 
of the shelter buildings was built in 1913 and the buildings 
will be completed as soon as money is available. It was 
used by 152,469 children in 1912-1913. It is reached by the 
Cass Avenue and Cherokee Street cars. 

South St. Louis Square. 

Is a small neighborhood park, the gift of Carondelet in 
1882. Covers 1.66 acres. It is located at Broadway and 

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Courtois Street. Broadway and Bellefontaine cars pass 
here. 

St. Louis Place. 

This is a long narrow park about one-fourth of a mile 
long and about 300 feet wide. It has been diyided into 
different spaces by the cutting of streets through the 13.88 
acres which were given to the city by Gov. John INIiller and 
others. 

Terminal Playground. 

A small playground for colored children under the 
Terminal Bridge on Second Street near Plum Street. It 
has been loaned by the Terminal R. R. Co. for this pur- 
pose. It is one block from Fourth Street cars. 

Utah Place. 

This is a connecting parkway from Grand Avenue to 
Gustine Avenue, extending over 2.10 acres. 

Warne Avenue Triangle. 

A small triangle at intersection of Warne Avenue and 
Algernon Street. 

Washington Square. 

This plot located at Twelfth, Market, Thirteenth Streets 
and Clark Avenue, extends over six acres, and was formerly 
used as a park until the City Hall was located here. Later 
7.45 acres additional were purchased and the Municipal 
Courts Building erected at a cost of $928,486.00 completing 
an attractive municipal group. Tower Grove, Bellefontaine, 
Laclede, Market and Manchester cars pass by. 

A statue of General Grant, by Robert Bringhurst, and 
one of Laclede, by George Julian Zolnay, reminds us of two 
men to whom we owe gratitude, the former for battles fought 
and won for the nation, and the latter for founding "A 
settlement which may become one of the finest cities of 
America," St. Louis. 

Yeatman Square Playground. 

The 3.43 acres was purchased in 1906 for $40,000.00. it 
is one of the prettiest of the small parks. It was used by 

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49,848 children in 1912-13 as a playground. A combined 
shelter house and band stand has been built, paths and 
walks have been artistically arranged, and the general ap- 
pearance is very attractive. Cass Avenue cars pass by. 




Public Bath No. 1. 

Is a public bath house containing 41 showers and one 
tub bath for men and 15 showers and 2 tubs for women. It 
is 36 X 132 feet in extent and was purchased August, 1905, 
at a cost of $23,700. No charge for baths. There is a rental 
charge of one cent for towels and one cent for purchase of 
soap. Per capita maintenance cost, including interest and 
depreciation, $0,032. 

Located on Tenth Street, Carr and Biddle Streets and 
is reached by the Bellefontaine cars. The bath house is 
open in winter and late fall from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., and 
in summer from 7 a. m. till 11 p. m. Attendance 1912-13 
was 353,200. 

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Public Bath No. 2. 

Extends over 40 by 139 feet, (purchased August, 1905). 
Site and building cost $56,824.87; it was completed June, 
1910. Contains 38 showers and 2 tubs for men and 38 show- 
ers and 2 tubs for women. The swimming pool within this 
bath house is 23 x 80 feet, and is open from May till October 
from 7 a. m. to 11 p. m., while the bath house is open in 
winter from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., and in summer from 7 a. m. 
to 11 p. m. No charge for baths. Soap is sold for 1 cent a 
cake and towels rented for 1 cent each. Attendance 1912-13 
was 429,308. Seventh Street and Broadway cars are close 
by, 2 blocks. 

Public Bath No. 3. 

Located at Twentyithird and O'Fallon Streets. The 
ground was purchased in 1908 and building completed and 
opened November, 1913, at a cost of $31,989.00. It contains 
43 showers and 2 tubs for men and 19 showers and 2 tubs 
for women. Also a comfort station. It is across the street 
from DeSoto Playground. 

Mullanphy Swimming Pool. 

A combined public comfort station, shelter building and 
swimming pool, located in Mullanphy Playground, will be 
completed about July 1st, 1914, at a cost of about $40,000.00. 
The pool is located in the southwestern part of the square 
near Eleventh and Mullanphy Streets, and there are accom- 
modations for more than 200 people, the pool being 90 by 
50 feet in extent. It will be open from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. 
Admission free. 

DWIGHT F. DAVIS, 

Park Commissioner. 



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ROUTE No. 1. 

TWO HOUR TRIP NORTHWEST. 

cEN'i'i.'Ai, i.iiti.-Aiiv. (in Ki'iiKs. i;i:sii.i:\< I, i'i.A( i.s. ii.AYtiitoUNUS, juuu 
^{■iiooi.s. ixi\-KKsri'iEs, i:y w .vY (ik i- Aiiioiiou.N i>, o'faj.i.on and 

FomOS'l' TAUKiS. 

J'l-fpaicd liy ('. .\l. 'I\ill)ci't, Street Coniiiiit-sioiijer. 

Fioiii (Jit.v I lull noi-tli on Twelfth tStrect- to Lot'Tist Stteci;- we^t pa.-l 
ChrL^t Church Ciithedral. Lucas tiardcii. PuUlic Lihnu'y, Y. W. C.A. L>iiil(l- 
ii)g, Scottish Kite Calhedral to 22d Street; north to CFallon Strefet: \vest 
past Do Soto Park and Public Bath No. 8 to Jefferson Avenue; north to 
North Market Street: wc.4 past Yeatnian Square to (Jarrison Avevure; north 
past Columhia School, Grace Lutheran Church, Bethel Gerniau Evauj;e.lical 
Church, Yeatman Pligh School and ilt. Moriah Temple to Natinvl Bridge 
Avenue; west to Fairground Park and noiih »nd w<*l along Ch-and and 
Kos-uth Avenue sides to tratlic; road entrance on north side; we«t on Kossutli 
Avenue to Warne Aveiuie; nortli past Lee jVvenue Presbyteiian Church to 
Cai'ter Avenue; west pa.st Harrison School to Fair Avenue; north past Pilgrim 
English Lutheran Church to OTallon Park ; through O'Fallon Park and 
leavino; at Holly Avenue entrance; s<iiith past O'Fallon Park Methodist Church 
to Penrose Street: east to Turner Aven\ie; south to Kossuth Avemie; east 
1(1 l''airgioinid Park: south and east along Fair and Natural Bridge A\'euue 
sides pa.st Betliania Lutheran Clnireh to Grand Avenue: south pa.st (irand 
Avenue Baptist Church, Church of the Covenant Pi'oslnMerian. St. Theresa's 
Churcli. St. Alphcnisus' (Rock) Church, Odeon, Central High School. Y. 
M. C. A. Building. Third Baptist Church, Old Grand Avenue Presbj'terian 
Church to Lindell Boulevard: west past Elk.s Club, St. Louis Club, St. Peter's 
Episcopal Cluu-ch. Mystic Shrine Temple. Columbian Club, Lindell Avenue 
M. E. Church and Cathedral to Kingsliighway : north to Westmoreland Place; 
west to Union Boulevard; nortli to Portland Place; east to Kingshighway ; 
north past Racquet Club. First CJiurch of Christ Scientist. Tuscan Temple, 
Second Baptist Cluu'ch, St. John's M. E. Church, Temple Israel and King's 
Highway Presbyterian Church to Page Bnulevard : west past model Police 
Station and St. Ann's Orphan Asylum to Tnion Boulevard: south past St. 
Phillip's P. E. Church, Cabanne Branch Library, St. Philomena's Technical 
School, Clark School, Soldan High School, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 
Artists' Guild, Church of the Messiah Uniit^u'ian, First Cln-istian Church 
and Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church to Forest Park, Lindell Avenue; 
west to De Balivierc Avenue: south through Forest Park past Jefferson 
Memorial to Shelter P)uilding on Government Hill; west past the Bird Cage, 
the Zoo, Art Mu.'^eum and Statue at Saint Louis; noithwest to Washington 
Univer,sity: south on Skinker Road to Clayton Road through Wells Drive 
and the Main Drive back to Kingshighway and Lindell entrance of Forest Park 
])a,^t Blair statue: soutli on Kingshighway to West Pine Boulevard; east to 
Gi'and Avenue ; north past St. Louis TTniversity and St. Xavier's Church to 
Lindell vV venue ; east to Theresa Avenue and Locust Street ; east past All Saints 
P. E. Church. St. Charles Borromeo Church and Coliseum to Twelfth Street; 
soutli to Citv Hall. 



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ROUTE No. 2. 
ONE-HOUR TRIP SOUTHEAST. 

MdNTflT-AL r.lTlLDIXOS. l>T,AYGROTINDS, PUBLIC SOHOOI>S, PUBLIC LIRRARIKS 

AM) ITULIC r.ATllS BY WAY OK LAFAYETTE, COMrTON HILL RESERVOIR, 

BENTON AND LY'ON PARKS. 

Prepared by C. M. Talhert, Street Coininissiouor 

From City Hall west on Market Street past Municipal Courts Building 
to 14tli Street; south past City Jail over Mill Creek Viaduct to Chouteau 
Avenue; (until Twelfth Street Viaduct is completed) west to St. Ange Street; 
south past City Ho'^pital to Lafayette Avenue; west past Lutheran Altenheini, 
Lafayette Park Baptist Church. Lafayette Park. Lafayette Park M. E. Church, 
Barr Branch Library to California Avenue; north past Buder Place to Rutger 
Street; west to Compton Avenue; south to Park Avenue; west to Theresa 
Avenue; south pa«t Teachers' College and Wyman School to Lafayette Avenue; 
west to Grand Avenue; south past Episcopalian Orphan Home, Compton Hill 
Reservoir Park and Water Tower to Russell Avenue; east to Hawthorne 
l>()ulevard; south and west through Hawthorne Boulevard to Grand Avenue; 
north to Flora Boulevard; west to Tower Grove Avenue; south past Missouri 
Botanical Garden (Shaw's Garden) to Tower Grove Park; east through 
park to Grand Avenue; south past Grand M. E. Church to Cherokee Street; 
east pa.st Little Sisters of the Poor to Louisiana Avenue; south past Gravois 
Avenue and Industrial School to Meraraec Street; east past Franciscan 
Monastery, St. Anthony Church, Sacred Heart Convent and Meramec School 
to Broadway; north to Jefferson Avenue; north past Concordia Seminary 
to Wyoming Street; east past Benton Park and Lyon Park to Broadway; 
north to Pestalozzi Street; west to Ninth Street; north past Pontiac Square to 
Soulard Street; east past Soulard Square and Playground, Public Batli No. 2 
and Soulard Branch Library to Seventh Street; north to Park Avenue; east to 
Broadwav; north to Chouteau Avenue; west to Twelfth Street; north to City 
Hall. 



ROUTE No. 3. 
ONE-HOUR TRIP SOUTHWEST 

MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND RESIDENCES BY WAY OK LAFAYETTE, T0AVEI5 
GROVE AND FOREST PARKS. 

Prepared by C. M. Talbert, Street Commii^r^ioner. 

From City Hall west on Market Street past Municipal Courts Buildinu, 
to Fourteenth Street ; south past City Jail over Mill Creek Viaduct to 
Chouteau Avenue; (until Twelfth Street Viaduct is completed); west to St. 
Ange Street; south past City Hospital to Lafayette Avenue; west past Lutheran 
Altenheim, Lafayette Park Baptist Church and Lafayette Park to Missouri 
Avenue ; with alternate routes to Grand Avenue ; 

First: west on Lafayette Avenue past Lafayette Park M. E. Church. 
Barr Branch Public Library to Longfellow Boulevard; south to Hawthorne 
Boulevard ; west to Grand Avenue ; i^o\lth to Tower Grove Park ; or 

Second-, north on Missouri Avenue to Park Avenue; west to Jefferson 
Avenne; north lo Rutgor Street ; west yia^^t Bnder Place to Compton Avenuv'-; 
south to Park Aveime; west to Theresa Avenue; south ]iast Teachers' College 
and Wyman School to Lafayette Avenue; west to Grand Avenue; south past 
Compton Hill Reservoir Park and Water Tower, Memorial Home and 7*h 
District Police Station to Tower Grove Park ; 

West to Kingshighway ; north over Kingshighway Viaduct to Forest Park; 
through Forest Park past Bates Statue westwardly to Skinkcr Road; north pa4 
Washing-ton University; ea.<t pa.?t Art Museum, Statue of Saint Louis, Bird 
Cage, Zoo, Shelter House and JefPerson Memorial to Lindell Boulevard; east 
to Union Boulevard; north to Westmoreland Place; east to Kingshighway; 
south to Lindell Boulevard; east past Blair Statue at main entrance of Forest 
Park, Cathedral, Columbian Club; Mystic Shrine Temj^le, St. Peter's P. K. 
Church, St. Louis Club, Elks Club. St. Louis University to Theresa Avenue; 
north to Locu.st Street; east past All Saints P. E. Church, St. Charles Borromeo 
Church, Coliseum, Scottish Rite Cathedral, Y. W. C. A. Building, Lucas 
Garden. Public Librarv and Christ Church Cathedral to Twelfth Street; south 
to City Hall. 



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ROUTE No. 4. l£^ * 

h'lc' l ONE-HOUR TRIP NORTHEAST ^ ;J 

WHOLESALE AJ^D RETAIL DISTRICTS, CONGESTED SECTIOXS/llECREATION CENTERS, 
BY WAY OP HYDE PARK, FAIRGROUND PARK AND ST. LOUIS PLACE. 

Prepared by C. M. Talbert, Street Commissioner. 

From City Hall north on Twelfth Street to Olive Street; east to Broad- 
way; north to Washmgton Avenue; west to Tenth Street; north past Cohmibus 
Square, Pubhc Bath No. 1, Patrick Henry School and Mullanphy Play- 
grounds to Mullanphy Street; west to Twelfth Street; north past Webster 
j School to .Jackson Park at North Market Street; west to Twenty-first Street- 

north past Zion Lutheran Church and St. Louis Place to Hebert Street; east 
to 20th Street; north past Hyde Park to Bremen Avenue; west to Natural ^ 

Bridge Avenue; west past Yeatman High School and Mt. Moriah Temple to 
Grand Avenue; through Fairground Park on lines indicated back to Grand 
Avenue; .south to St. Louis Avenue; east to Garrison Avenue; south past 
Grace Lutheran Church, Columbia School and Yeatman Square to Cass 
Avenue; east to 23rd Street; south past DeSoto Place and Public Bath No. 2 
to Carr Street; east past Carr Square to Atchison Place; south to Wash Street; 
west to 15th Street; south to Locust Street; east past Y. W. C. A. Buildino,' 
Lucas Garden, Public Library, Christ Church Cathedral to Twelfth Street 
south to City Hall. • ' 



ROUTE No. 5. 
THREE-HOUR TRIP. 

PUBLIC LIBRAKY, HIGH SCHOOLS, RESIDENCE SECTIONS, CHURCH CENTERS, 

UNIVERSITIES, BOULEVARDS, BY WAY OF FAIRGROUND, o'fALLON, FOREST, 

TOWER GROVE AND CARONDELET PARKS. 

Prepared by 0. M. Talbert. Street (.'onimissioner. 
From City Hall north on Twelfth Street to Olive Street; East to Broad- 
way; north to Wa.shiagton Avenue; west to Twelfth Street; south to Locust 
Street; west past Christ Church Cathedral, Public Libraiy Lucas Garden 
Y. W. C. A. Budding, Scottish Rite Cathedral to 22d Street- north pa«t De 
Soto Park and Public Bath No. 2 to Cass Avenue; west to Glasgow Avenue- 
north past Yeatman Square to St. Louis Avenue; west past Columbia School 
and Grace Lutheran Church to Garrison Avenue; north past Bethel German 
Kvangelical Church, Mt. Moriah Temple and Yeatman High School to 
Natural Bridge Avenue; west to Fairground: north iuid west along Grand and 
Kossuth Avenue sides of Fairground to traffic road entrance on north side; 
M-est on Kossuth Avemie to Warne Avenue; north past Lee Avenue Presby- 
terian Church to Carter Avenue; north on Carter and Rosalie Avenues past 
Harrison School to Fair Avenue; east past Pilgrim Lutheran Church to 
Florissant Avenue: through O'P^llon Park returning through Holly Avenue 
entrance; west and south on Holly Avenue to Penrose Street; east to Turner 
Avenue; south to Kossuth Avenue; east to Fair Avenue; south and ea.st along 
tlie Fair and Natural Bridge Avenue sides of Fairground Park past Bethania 
Lutlieran Church to Grand Avenue; south past Grand Avenue J?aptist Church, 
Church of the Covenant Presbyterian, St. Tlieresa's Church, St. Alphousus' 
(Rock) Church, Odeon, Central High School, Y. M .C. A. Building and Third 
Baptist Church to Lindell Boulevard; west i>ast St. Louis University, Elks 
Club, St. Louis Club, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Mvstic Shrine Temple^ 
Columl)ian Club, Lindell Avenue M. E. Church and Cathedral to Kingshigh- 
way: nortii to Westmoreland Place; west to Union Boulevar<l; north to Port- 
land Place, east to Kingshigliway ; north pa^-t Racquet Club, First Church of 
Christ Scientist, Tu*<ean Temple, Second Ba[)tist Church, St. John's M. E. 
Church, Temple L*rael, King's Highway Presbyterian Qiurch to Page Avenue; 
west past model Police Station and St. Ann's Orphan Asylum to Union Boule- 
vard; south past St. Phillip's Episcopal Church, Cabanne Branch Library, 
St. Philomena's School. Clark School, Soldan High School, Pilgrim Con- 
gregational Church, Artists' Guild, Church of the Messiah Unitarian, First 
Cliristian Church and Grand Aveiuic Presbyterian Church to Lindell Avenue; 
west to De IJalivievc Avenue: south through Forest Park past Jefferson Me- 
morial to Shelter House on Government Hill; northwest past Zoo Bird Cao-e 
Art Museum and Statue of Saint Louis to Skinker Road at Washington 
University; south on Skinker Road to Clayton Road; east along Wells and 
-Mam Drives past Blair Statue to main entrance of Forest Park at Kingshi^h- 
way and Lindell Boulevards; south on Kingshighway past Barnes Hospiral 
JVashmgton University Hospital. Cliihlren's Hospital and over ^^iaduct to Old 
M.-nicbcsIrr R(md: .southwest on Old Manchester Road to Wood Street; south 
hi AfM-nal Street: ea,<t past Infirmary and Sanitarium to Kingshighway ' north 
to the entrance of Tower Grove Park; east through Park to Grand Avenue • 
-uith past Grand M. R. Church. Little Sisters of the Poor and St. Anthony 
Hospital to Carondelet Park; through park to Loughborough Avenue; east pait 
Blow School to \irgmia Avenue; north to Bates Street; east to Broadway 
north ])ast Riverside Park. Century Boat Club. St. Louis Altenhcim and Work- 
house to Jefferson Avenue: north past Concordia Seminarv. Benton Park and 
Barr Branch Library to Lafayette Avenue; east past Lafayette Park M E 
Church. Lafayette Park Baptist Church and Lutheran .Mtenheiin to St Ano-e 
Street: navih pa.t City Hospital to Chouteau .'Vvonue: oast to Twelfth Street 
and nnrth tn Titv Hall. 



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